Setting pin distance
08-23-2009, 04:29 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 113
Setting pin distance
Hi everyone i just bought a new bow and site which is the Matthews reazon. I have the trophy ride site with five pins and i want to site it in as 20, 30, 40, 50, and 70. The only problem though is on my 40 pin the site shoots to high and wont adjust anymore (maxed out). Every time i do another rough adjustment i cant get the 20. My bow shoots realy flat though on the first 3 pins should i just make a 20 40 50 60 70? i just dont know what to do, any suggestions please.
08-23-2009, 06:40 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 149
Im trying to picture in my head what your talking about, but cant.
You said the 40 yrd. pin wont adjust up anymore? So your shooting too high at 40?
Can you move the whole sight, called the gang adjustment? This moves the entire pin housing up or down and should give you more range of adjustment. You should try that, and readjust your other pins back to there respective yardage.
If this doesnt help, try to give a little more detail as to what is happening. Im sure it can be adjusted some way.
You said the 40 yrd. pin wont adjust up anymore? So your shooting too high at 40?
Can you move the whole sight, called the gang adjustment? This moves the entire pin housing up or down and should give you more range of adjustment. You should try that, and readjust your other pins back to there respective yardage.
If this doesnt help, try to give a little more detail as to what is happening. Im sure it can be adjusted some way.
08-24-2009, 12:06 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
Why 50 then 70??? What's the point??? 20 then 40??? Not a chance, you're better off with a 20-30-40-50 set. Even between 20-40, an average set-up will have considerable drop (10-15" or more sometimes)!!! My set-up has about 15" of drop shooting an arrow around 280fps. Do you have any idea how fast your bow is??? I set pins based upon bow speed. If my bow is shooting 275fps, I'll draw a trajectory and determine how long I can stretch each pin out for the best "error" proof range for that particular set-up. I have a 24, 32, 40, 48 and another bow that is set at 25, 34, 43, 50.
No point in having a 50 and then a 70yd pin, there are gonna be 20" of drop between 50 and 70yds, even with a 300fps bow, you may as well make it 50 and 60, and learn where to hold for 70!!!!
No point in having a 50 and then a 70yd pin, there are gonna be 20" of drop between 50 and 70yds, even with a 300fps bow, you may as well make it 50 and 60, and learn where to hold for 70!!!!
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08-24-2009, 12:51 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
Yes. Either that or make it 25, 35, 45 etc. Most modern super fast arrow throwers shoot too flat between 20 and 30 to get the pins close enough together. Thats why I like a single pin, mover sight.
08-24-2009, 12:40 PM
#5
Fork Horn
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I would like off by saying thank you to everyone that had commented!
I would like to start off with the gang adjustment. Every time i use it to adjust one pin lets say the 40, then the 20 pin goes out of adjustment field. That is why i was thinking about the 20 to 40 set up. My arrow only drops about 4" so i shoot high or low depending on the shot. When i set up the 20, 30 my pins were overlaping each other and i really dont think that is good for hunting. Also i would like to say about the 50 to 70 pin is 70 would be my max i would be shooting and that is an open field situation. So 60 yardswould be a little more easy with two reffrence points insted of one.
Thanks for all your comments, please feel free to leave more!
I would like to start off with the gang adjustment. Every time i use it to adjust one pin lets say the 40, then the 20 pin goes out of adjustment field. That is why i was thinking about the 20 to 40 set up. My arrow only drops about 4" so i shoot high or low depending on the shot. When i set up the 20, 30 my pins were overlaping each other and i really dont think that is good for hunting. Also i would like to say about the 50 to 70 pin is 70 would be my max i would be shooting and that is an open field situation. So 60 yardswould be a little more easy with two reffrence points insted of one.
Thanks for all your comments, please feel free to leave more!
08-24-2009, 06:15 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Boardman, Ohio
Posts: 1,184
Take the top pin out of the equation and move it all the way up or remove it all the way out. Use a four pin set up 20 30 40 50 and god knows what else distance. You will never use it anyways if you are hunting in the woods and you best be a great shot anything outside of 40. Good luck and let us know what you choose to do and I appologize if I am harsh.......
08-24-2009, 06:27 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
Good Question.....
FT,
You're arrow drops more than 4" between 20 and 40yds, TRUST ME!!!
Try this link http://home.att.net/~sajackson/ballistics.html and this one...... http://utopiaprogramming.com/ke/KineticEnergy.html# and then you may have a better idea of how fast your bow shoots, and what sort of "drop" you'll have from one distance to the nesxt.
Not many people who can't get a sight adjusted have much business shooting 70yds in all honesty!!!
I would like off by saying thank you to everyone that had commented!
I would like to start off with the gang adjustment. Every time i use it to adjust one pin lets say the 40, then the 20 pin goes out of adjustment field. That is why i was thinking about the 20 to 40 set up. My arrow only drops about 4" so i shoot high or low depending on the shot. When i set up the 20, 30 my pins were overlaping each other and i really dont think that is good for hunting. Also i would like to say about the 50 to 70 pin is 70 would be my max i would be shooting and that is an open field situation. So 60 yardswould be a little more easy with two reffrence points insted of one.
Thanks for all your comments, please feel free to leave more!
I would like to start off with the gang adjustment. Every time i use it to adjust one pin lets say the 40, then the 20 pin goes out of adjustment field. That is why i was thinking about the 20 to 40 set up. My arrow only drops about 4" so i shoot high or low depending on the shot. When i set up the 20, 30 my pins were overlaping each other and i really dont think that is good for hunting. Also i would like to say about the 50 to 70 pin is 70 would be my max i would be shooting and that is an open field situation. So 60 yardswould be a little more easy with two reffrence points insted of one.
Thanks for all your comments, please feel free to leave more!
You're arrow drops more than 4" between 20 and 40yds, TRUST ME!!!
Try this link http://home.att.net/~sajackson/ballistics.html and this one...... http://utopiaprogramming.com/ke/KineticEnergy.html# and then you may have a better idea of how fast your bow shoots, and what sort of "drop" you'll have from one distance to the nesxt.
Not many people who can't get a sight adjusted have much business shooting 70yds in all honesty!!!
